[Macpartners] Flaky Powermac G5 DVD drive

[James Cain]

Allan,

It's not obvious to me that it is your drive that is flaky.  What it  
sounds like you are telling me is that you can reliably, 100% of the  
time, eject a disk from the single user mode of OSX. Have you tried  
using something like iTunes to eject the disk?

I guess what I am saying is, that it is possible that there is a  
corrupt file with-in your current OSX install that is preventing the  
software eject from working.  I suppose you can check this by  
locating a spare CD/DVD drive some where and temporarily installing  
it.  If that drive works, then presumably your DVD drive is flaky.   
If it is the drive then you should be able to find a replacement at  
MicroCenter for around $40.

Cheers,
Jim

James R Cain
Educational Technology Consulting
Office of Educational Innovation and Technology, DUE MIT
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Bldg. NE48-308
Cambridge, MA 02139

617.253.3909

On Nov 6, 2007, at 2:30 PM, Allan Doyle wrote:

> I have a Powermac G5 with a flaky DVD drive. The drive drawer will not
> open if there is media in the drive unless I boot into the firmware
> (command-option-O-F) and use 'eject cd', in which case it does open.
>
> Based on the collective wisdon, what's the best (cheapest!) way I can
> get a replacement drive? The system is not under AppleCare. I don't
> even need a whizzy dual-layer drive, I just need to be able to install
> from DVDs.
>
> And, as long as I mentioned AppleCare, what is the MIT policy/
> suggestion on AppleCare?
>
> 	Allan
> -- 
> Allan Doyle
> Director of Technology
> MIT Museum
> +1.617.452.2111
>
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